Archive for the ‘Respiratory / Asthma’ Category
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro Atlanta area that could have a "significant public health impact."While a relationship between thunderstorms ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Asthma UK Scotland is teaming up with new Scottish singing star Kevin J Maclean to help promote awareness of the condition among his expanding fan base. 20-year-old Maclean, from Dunfermilne, has just signed with Plaque Records and released his first single, 'For You'. He is currently touring some of the ...
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
Asthma UK is inviting parents in Wales to sign their kids up for an adventure holiday with a difference this summer. From 20-26 July Llangrannog, Ceredigion will host a specialist Kick Asthma holiday, providing children and young people with asthma from 12-17 years old with an opportunity to build their ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
An asthma-management study published in today's edition of the Medical Journal of Australia highlights the valuable role pharmacists can play in primary health care and chronic disease self-management, according to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA). An abstract of the study Data-mining of medication records to improve asthma management, conducted ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Neil Churchill, Chief Executive of Asthma UK says: 'Lord Darzi has produced a blueprint for transforming quality of care in the NHS. Strong national leadership and standards will be needed to ensure that this improved quality can be enjoyed by all and not just those parts of the NHS that ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Aerocrine AB (STO:AEROB) announced that its handheld airway inflammation monitor, NIOX MINO®, has been registered for marketing and sale in China. Aerocrine's method of measuring airway inflammation, using exhaled nitric oxide (NO) tests, has also been incorporated into China's national guidelines for asthma management. Tests for airway inflammation have received ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) represents a public health problem of substantial magnitude, and remains the leading cause of death due to infectious diseases, with an incidence ranging from 1.6 to 10.6 per 1,000 adults per year in Europe. Owing to demographic changes, elderly patients now represent about 50% of CAP patients ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
There are close links between blood inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), and respiratory function. So reveals a study to be published in the forthcoming issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), the peer-reviewed publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). This original research by an international team provides ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes limitation of airflow in the lungs that cannot be fully reversed, leading to symptoms of breathlessness, cough, wheeze and sputum production. The disease, although chronic, is interspersed with periods of acute symptomatic and functional deterioration known as exacerbations. Exacerbations have important consequences for patients ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Asthma UK Cymru is launching a report 'A Quarter of a Million Voices….and Counting', which outlines the challenges facing people with asthma in Wales today and highlights the need for asthma health services in Wales to be vastly improved. Rates of asthma in Wales are among the highest in the ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
More than 10% of Hispanics in Florida have asthma, about the same rate as all people in Florida, according to the state Department of Health, and Puerto Ricans in particular have a higher risk of the condition, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Nationally, about 11.2% of Americans have asthma. That number ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Hospitals are finding that increasing numbers of adults who are admitted to the hospital for other conditions also have asthma, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Asthma is a chronic disease that causes wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing. Causes ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
As homeowners across the Midwest begin to recover from recent flooding, a new threat may be looming.Wet walls, damp carpet and other porous materials can serve as breeding grounds for mold, putting many at increased risk for asthma attacks, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
The World Allergy Organization (WAO) will publish its first Report on the extent of allergy and chronic respiratory diseases worldwide on the 18 June 2008 and has called for immediate collaboration to tackle the current escalation in allergy cases. In the last 20-30 years, ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
A US health and environment group is calling for major retailers such as Wal-Mart to phase out PVC shower curtains, and for the authorities to recall the products from sale because a laboratory study showed they released toxic chemicals into the air.The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), a ...
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